Worcestershire CCC bring down the curtain on another season – the 152nd in their history – when they take on Durham in the Specsavers County Championship match at New Road beginning tomorrow.
Here are the records of the previous 27 first class meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played: 27 Won: 6 Lost: 10 Drawn: 11
Last meeting: Match Drawn at Chester-le-Street – 26th-29th June 2017
Durham 197 (SW Poynter 43, JC Tongue 4-41) Worcs 367 (BL D’Oliveira 122, MM Ali 58, MA Wood 5-54)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 643-7 dec New Road 2002
Highest total – Durham: 634-8 dec New Road 2009
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 120 Chester-le-Street 2012
Lowest total – Durham: 120 New Road 2002
120 New Road 2003
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 315* New Road 2002
Highest score – Durham: S Chanderpaul 201* New Road 2009
Best innings bowling – Worcs: MS Mason 6-68 New Road 2003
Best innings bowling – Durham: OD Gibson 7-46 Chester-le-Street 2007
Best match bowling – Worcs: PJ Newport 9-72 Darlington 1995
Best match bowling – Durham: SJ Harmison 8-86 Chester-le-Street 2005
Most runs – Worcestershire: GA Hick 1179 Ave: 56.14
Most runs – Durham: PD Collingwood 979 Ave: 46.62
Most wickets – Worcestershire: A Sheriyar 35 Ave: 22.37
Most wickets – Durham: SJ Harmison 45 Ave: 19.49
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 148 DKH Mitchell PJ Hughes Chester-le-Street 2012
2nd 190 A Singh GA Hick New Road 2002
3rd 171 GA Hick BF Smith New Road 2002
4th 134 TM Moody GR Haynes New Road 1994
5th 130 BL D’Oliveira MM Ali Chester-le-Street 2017
6th 117 SM Davies DA Wheeldon New Road 2009
7th 85 GA Hick SJ Rhodes New Road 2002
8th 138* GA Hick AJ Bichel New Road 2002
9th 108 RK Illingworth RJ Chapman New Road 1998
10th 54 SR Lampitt A Sheriyar Kidderminster 2001
Best partnerships for Durham:
1st 124 MJ Di Venuto KJ Coetzer New Road 2009
2nd 145 PWG Parker P Bainbridge New Road 1992
3rd 138 JJB Lewis PD Collingwood Chester-le-Street 2001
4th 226 S Chanderpaul DM Benkenstein New Road 2009
5th 247 GJ Muchall ID Blackwell New Road 2011
6th 152 IT Botham AC Cummins Stockton 1993
7th 154 P Mustard SG Borthwick New Road 2011
8th 54 SW Poynter MA Wood Chester-le-Street 2017
9th 75 LE Plunkett PJ Wiseman Chester-le-Street 2007
10th 95 SG Borthwick G Onions New Road 2015
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information.
